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Ethereum Meetup In Hong Kong w/ Vitalik

Seeing that he would be there, I dropped in on the Ethereum meetup in Hong Kong this Saturday. Vitalik would speak on Zero Knowledge Proofs, updates and Metropolis. It all went down at Metta, a great space with amazing views, and was hosted by Hong Kong’s wonderful Jehan Chu of Jen Advisors.

In 90 minutes:

We heard from Validity Labs, a Swiss company offering live workshops in blockchain development. They also offer Blockchain as a Service (Baas), and mentioned that they are seeking full-stack developers in Hong Kong.

Vitalik spoke at length about Zero Knowledge Proofs, which he breaks down in this medium post, and Minimal Slashing Conditions (medium post), regarding staking & interest when the platform goes to a proof of stake model. Vitalik said that they are close to implementing a Stage 1 version of this, and the full version with Metropolis.

Some notable quotes from Vitalik at the meetup:

“Increasing adoption everywhere…”

“In a future with general purpose blockchains, Ethereum will likely be one of the big ones.”